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26 January 2014

Eloise Sneddon and her basketball journey so far - creating the MIXTAPE!!

Over the past 2 years Eloise has been making a mix tape to help her make the next step in her basketball career.


I made this highlight video to get interest from overseas coaches, in the hope that I will achieve my goal of getting an athletic scholarship to University! I have had ambitions of playing basketball overseas for a long time and, although I have had a lot of setbacks with two separate ACL surgeries (at aged 13 and 14), I can happily say I am fully recovered and have had no problems with my knees at all in the last 3 years!

I started playing basketball for a local league club in Salisbury at the age of 10. Then after a while I decided I wanted to take basketball more seriously, so I decided to join Solent Suns Basketball Club in Southampton to play National League. I played there for 5 years whilst studying my secondary education. By time I reached year 11, aged 16, I knew I needed to be getting more basketball training fitted into my everyday life if I wanted to improve as a player. Unfortunately, there were no colleges near me offering a full basketball program built around academics, so I investigated the colleges further away from my home that could give me this. When I heard about the Henley College and Reading Rockets it seemed like the perfect environment to develop both my basketball and academics.


I feel I have improved considerably through being part of this program and regardless of where I end up at university next year, I want to thank Rockets and Solent for all they have done to help me.


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